N. hole,
foramen,
puncture,
perforation,
fontanel, transforation,
pinhole,
keyhole,
loophole,
porthole,
peephole,
mousehole,
pigeonhole, eye of a needle,
eyelet,
slot, opening, aperture,
apertness,
hiation,
yawning,
oscitancy,
dehiscence, patefaction|,
pandiculation,
chasm,
embrasure, window, casement, abatjour, light, sky light, fan light,
lattice,
bay window, bow window,
oriel,
dormer,
lantern, outlet, inlet,
vent,
vomitory,
embouchure, orifice, mouth,
sucker,
muzzle, throat,
gullet,
weasand,
wizen,
nozzle,
placket,
portal,
porch, gate, ostiary|,
postern,
wicket,
trapdoor,
hatch, door,
arcade, cellarway,
driveway,
gateway,
doorway,
hatchway,
gangway, lich gate, way,
path,
thoroughfare, channel, passage,
passageway, tube, pipe,
water pipe,
air pipe, vessel,
tubule, canal,
gut,
fistula,
adjutage,
ajutage,
ostium,
smokestack,
chimney,
flue,
tap,
funnel,
gully,
tunnel, main, mine, pit,
adit, shaft, gallery,
alley,
aisle,
glade,
vista, bore,
caliber,
pore, blind orifice,
fulgurite, thundertube,
porousness,
porosity,
sieve,
cullender,
colander,
cribble,
riddle, screen,
honeycomb,
apertion,
perforation,
piercing,
terebration,
empalement, pertusion|,
puncture,
acupuncture,
penetration, key, opener, master key,
password, combination, passe-partout
V. open,
ope,
gape,
yawn,
bilge, fly open,
perforate,
pierce, empierce|,
tap, bore,
drill, mine,
tunnel,
transpierce,
transfix,
enfilade, impale,
spike,
spear,
gore,
spit,
stab,
pink,
puncture,
lance, stick,
prick,
riddle,
punch, stave in, cut a passage through, make way for, make room for, uncover, unclose,
unrip, lay open, cut open, rip open, throw open, pop open, blow open, pry open, tear open, pull open
Adj. open, perforated,
perforate, wide open,
ajar, unclosed, unstopped,
oscitant,
gaping,
yawning, patent,
tubular,
cannular,
fistulous,
pervious,
permeable,
foraminous,
vesicular, vasicular,
porous,
follicular,
cribriform,
honeycombed,
infundibular,
riddled,
tubulous,
tubulated, piped, tubate, opening,
aperient Int. open sesame
N. direction, bearing, course,
vector, set, drift,
tenor, tendency,
incidence, bending,
trending, dip,
tack, aim,
collimation, steering steerage, point of the compass, cardinal points, north east, south, west, n by e, ene, ne by n, ne, &c,
rhumb,
azimuth, line of collimation, line,
path, road, range, quarter, line of march,
alignment,
allignment, air line, beeline, straight shoot
V. tend towards, bend towards, point towards, conduct to, go to, point to, point at, bend,
trend,
verge,
incline, dip, determine, steer for, steer towards, make for, make towards, aim at, level at, take aim, keep a course, hold a course, be bound for, bend one's steps towards, direct one's course, steer one's course, bend one's course, shape one's course, align one's march, allign one's march, to straight, go straight to the point, march on, march on a point, ascertain one's direction, s'orienter, see which way the wind blows, box the compass, take the air line
Adj. directed, directed towards, pointing towards, bound for, aligned, with alligned with, direct, straight,
undeviating, unswerving,
straightforward, north, northern,
northerly,
&c. n Adv. towards, on the road, on the high road to, en avant,
versus, to,
hither, thither,
whither, directly, straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow, point blank, in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with, in a line with, full tilt at, as the crow flies, before the wind, near the wind, close to the wind, against the wind, windwards, in the wind's eye, through,
via, by way of, in all directions, in all manner of ways, quaquaversum, from the four winds
Phr. the shortest distance between two points is a straight line
N. ingress, entrance, entry,
introgression,
influx,
intrusion, inroad,
incursion, invasion,
irruption,
ingression,
penetration,
interpenetration,
illapse, import,
infiltration,
immigration, admission,
insinuation,
insertion, inlet, way in, mouth, door,
&c. (opening) 260,
barway,
path,
conduit,
immigrant V. have the entree, enter, go into, go in, come into, come in, pour into, pour in, flow into, flow in, creep into, creep in, slip into, slip in, pop into, pop in, break into, break in, burst into, burst in, set foot on,
ingress, burst in upon, break in upon,
invade,
intrude, insinuate itself,
interpenetrate,
penetrate,
infiltrate, find one's way into, wriggle into, worm oneself into, give entrance to,
insert Adj. incoming
N. egress,
exit, issue,
emersion,
emergence, outbreak,
outburst,
eruption,
proruption,
emanation,
egression,
evacuation,
exudation,
transudation,
extravasation,
perspiration,
sweating,
leakage,
percolation, distillation,
oozing,
gush, outpour, outpouring,
effluence,
effusion,
effluxion,
drain,
dribbling,
defluxion, drainage, outcome, output, discharge, export,
expatriation,
emigration,
remigration,
debouch,
debouche,
emunctory, exodus,
emigrant, outlet,
vent,
spout,
tap,
sluice,
floodgate,
pore,
vomitory, outgate, sally port, way out, mouth, door,
path,
conduit, airpipe
V. emerge,
emanate, issue,
egress, go out of, come out of, move out of, pass out of, pour out of, flow out of, pass out of,
evacuate,
exude,
transude,
leak, run through, out through,
percolate, transcolate|, egurgitate, strain, distill,
perspire,
sweat,
drain,
ooze,
filter,
filtrate,
dribble,
gush,
spout, flow out, well, well out, pour,
trickle,
&c. (water in motion) 348,
effuse,
extravasate,
disembogue, discharge itself,
debouch, come forth, break forth, burst out, burst through, find vent, escape
N. passage,
transmission,
permeation,
penetration,
interpenetration,
transudation,
infiltration, endosmose exosmose,
endosmosis,
intercurrence,
ingress,
egress,
path,
conduit, opening, journey, voyage
V. pass, pass through,
perforate,
penetrate,
permeate, thread,
thrid,
enfilade, go through, go across, go over, pass over, cut across,
ford, cross, pass and repass, work, make one's way, thread one's way, worm one's way, force one's way, make a passage form a passage, cut one's way through, find its way, find its vent,
transmit, make way, clear the course,
traverse, go over the ground
Adv. en passant
N. method, way, manner, wise,
gait, form, mode, fashion, tone,
guise, modus operandi, mo, procedure,
path, road, route, course, line of way, line of road,
trajectory, orbit,
track, beat,
tack, steps,
stair,
staircase, flight of stairs,
ladder,
stile, perron, bridge,
footbridge,
viaduct,
pontoon, steppingstone,
plank,
gangway,
drawbridge, pass,
ford,
ferry,
tunnel, pipe, door,
gateway, channel, passage,
avenue, means of access, approach,
adit,
artery,
lane,
alley,
aisle,
lobby,
corridor, back-door, back-stairs, secret passage, covert way, vennel,
roadway,
pathway,
stairway, express,
thoroughfare,
highway,
turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road, broad highway, king's highway, queen's highway, beaten track, beaten path, horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path, walk,
trottoir,
footpath,
pavement, flags,
sidewalk,
crossroad,
byroad,
bypath,
byway, cut, short cut, carrefour, private road, occupation road, highways and byways,
railroad, railway, tram road,
tramway,
towpath,
causeway, canal, street, speedway, adv, how, in what way, in what manner, by what mode, so, in this way, after this fashion, one way or another,
anyhow, somehow or other, by way of,
via,
in transitu, on the high road to
Phr. hae tibi erunt artes
N. escape,
scape, avolation|,
elopement, flight,
evasion, retreat, narrow escape, hairbreadth escape, close call, come off,
impunity,
loophole,
path, refuse,
vent, vent peg, safety valve,
drawbridge, fire escape,
reprieve,
liberation,
refugee V. escape,
scape, make one's escape, effect one's escape, make good one's escape, break jail, get off, get clear off, get well out of, echapper belle, save one's bacon, save one's skin, weather the storm, escape scot-free, elude &c, make off, march off, give one the slip, slip through the hands, slip through the fingers, slip the collar, wriggle out of prison, break out, break loose, break loose from prison, break away, slip away, get away, find vent, find a hole to creep out of, disappear,
vanish, adj, escaping, escaped, stolen away, fled
Phr. the bird has flown the coop
N. conduct,
behavior,
deportment,
comportment, carriage, maintien,
demeanor,
guise, bearing, manner,
observance, dealing,
transaction, business,
tactics, game, game plan, policy,
polity,
generalship,
statesmanship,
seamanship,
strategy,
strategics, plan, management,
husbandry,
housekeeping,
housewifery,
stewardship,
menage,
regime, economy, economics,
political economy, government, execution,
manipulation, treatment, campaign, career, life, course, walk, race, record, course of conduct, line of conduct, line of action, line of proceeding,
role, process, ways, practice, procedure, modus operandi, mo, method of operating, method &c,
path V. transact,
execute,
despatch,
dispatch, proceed with, discharge, carry on, carry through, carry out, carry into effect, put into effect, work out, go through, get through,
enact, put into practice, do,
officiate, bear oneself, behave oneself, comport oneself, demean oneself, carry oneself, conduct oneself, acquit oneself, run a race, lead a life, play a game, take a course, adopt a course, steer one's course, shape one's course, play one's paint, play one's cards, shift for oneself, paddle one's own canoe, bail one's own boat, conduct,
manage,
supervise,
participate, deal with, have to do with, treat, handle a case, take steps, take measures